Missouri State Census Data Center: Basic Demographic Trend Report United States Cities AREA: Costa Mesa city GEOCODE:06-0625 CA ------1980------ ------1990------ ----CHANGE---- CHG VARIABLE VALUE PCT VALUE PCT AMOUNT PCT IN % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T1. TOTAL PERSONS....... 82,562 100.0% 96,357 100.0% 13,795 16.7 LIVING IN FAMILIES.... 62,381 75.6% 71,108 73.8% 8,727 14.0 -1.8 IN GROUP QUARTERS..... 2,048 2.5% 2,260 2.3% 212 10.4 -0.1 IN RURAL AREAS........ 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0 T2. RACE / HISPANIC WHITE................. 74,875 90.7% 81,371 84.4% 6,496 8.7 -6.2 AFRICAN-AMERICAN...... 551 0.7% 1,178 1.2% 627 113.8 0.6 ASIAN & PAC. ISLANDER. 4,307 5.2% 6,258 6.5% 1,951 45.3 1.3 AM. INDIAN, ESK. ALEUT 633 0.8% 477 0.5% -156 -24.6 -0.3 HISPANIC (ANY RACE)... 8,349 10.1% 19,205 19.9% 10,856 130.0 9.8 T3. PERSONS BY AGE UNDER 5............... 4,524 5.5% 6,625 6.9% 2,101 46.4 1.4 5-17.................. 13,415 16.2% 12,264 12.7% -1,151 -8.6 -3.5 18-24.................. 15,035 18.2% 12,912 13.4% -2,123 -14.1 -4.8 25-44.................. 27,491 33.3% 40,729 42.3% 13,238 48.2 9.0 45-64.................. 15,708 19.0% 15,983 16.6% 275 1.8 -2.4 65 AND OVER............ 6,389 7.7% 7,844 8.1% 1,455 22.8 0.4 UNDER 18 (0-17)........ 17,939 21.7% 18,889 19.6% 950 5.3 -2.1 40 AND OVER............ 26,820 32.5% 30,119 31.3% 3,299 12.3 -1.2 MEDIAN AGE............ 28.9 31.2 2.2 7.7 T4. INCOME & POVERTY MEDIAN HOUSEHLD INCOME $32,980 $40,313 7,333 22.2 MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME.. $38,404 $45,266 6,862 17.9 PER CAPITA INCOME..... $15,346 $18,750 3,404 22.2 PERSONS BELOW POVERTY. 6,852 8.5% 8,614 9.2% 1,762 25.7 0.6 T5. HOUSEHOLDS.......... 32,561 100.0% 37,653 100.0% 5,092 15.6 FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS..... 19,508 59.9% 21,909 58.2% 2,401 12.3 -1.7 WITH 2+ WORKERS...... 11,869 36.5% 14,914 39.6% 3,045 25.7 3.2 MARRIED COUPLES...... 15,324 47.1% 16,779 44.6% 1,455 9.5 -2.5 WITH OWN CHILDREN... 6,965 21.4% 7,316 19.4% 351 5.0 -2.0 FEMALE HEAD, NO HUSB. 3,065 9.4% 3,463 9.2% 398 13.0 -0.2 W. OWN CHILDREN..... 1,821 5.6% 1,770 4.7% -51 -2.8 -0.9 1-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS.... 9,107 28.0% 10,175 27.0% 1,068 11.7 -0.9 AVG. PERSONS PER HH.... 2.5 2.5 0.0 1.1 T6. EDUCATION, POP 25 +. 49,588 100.0% 64,556 100.0% 14,968 30.2 HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA... 15,382 31.0% 12,372 19.2% -3,010 -19.6 -11.9 COLLEGE DEG. (4+ YRS). 10,504 21.2% 17,599 27.3% 7,095 67.5 6.1 T7. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE 48,000 100.0% 61,441 100.0% 13,441 28.0 FEMALE................ 20,593 42.9% 26,953 43.9% 6,360 30.9 1.0 EMPLOYED.............. 46,214 96.3% 58,875 95.8% 12,661 27.4 -0.5 MANAGERIAL, PROF. OCC. 12,452 25.9% 18,070 29.4% 5,618 45.1 3.5 SERVICE OCCUPATIONS... 6,063 12.6% 7,385 12.0% 1,322 21.8 -0.6 T8. HOUSING UNITS....... 33,998 100.0% 39,611 100.0% 5,613 16.5 OCCUPIED.............. 32,637 96.0% 37,467 94.6% 4,830 14.8 -1.4 OWNER OCCUPIED....... 13,873 42.5% 15,051 40.2% 1,178 8.5 -2.3 AVERAGE VALUE....... $181,384 $272,158 90,774 50.0 RENTER OCCUPIED...... 18,764 57.5% 22,416 59.8% 3,652 19.5 2.3 MEDIAN CONTRACT RENT $579 $810 231 39.9 SINGLE-FAMILY......... 16,360 48.1% 18,649 47.1% 2,289 14.0 -1.0 MOBILE HOMES.......... 901 2.7% 1,209 3.1% 308 34.2 0.4 MEDIAN YEAR BUILT..... 1964.5 1968.0 3.5 0.2 NOTES: 1. Income figures for "1980" are actually for 1979 and have been converted to 1989 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.708. 2. Average value of housing units and median contract rent for 1980 have been converted to 1990 dollars using CPI inflation factor of 1.586 Source: 1980 and 1990 summary tape files 3, U.S. Bureau of the Census Programming and design by the Urban Information Center, U. of Mo. St. Louis